Associate Degree in Arts & Communications Pathway (Transfer)

With a wide variety of courses within the performing arts, studio arts, media arts, languages and more, you’ll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the field you’re interested in, all while working on your degree. Once enrolled, you’ll work with an academic advisor to match your career and major goals with an appropriate program and to select appropriate courses for a major at an intended transfer institution. Whether you’re looking to start your career as soon as you’ve earned your bachelors degree or you’re planning to continue on to graduate school, your two years at Lane will make sure you’re prepared for whatever comes next. Some of the fields our graduates have gone on to include: Architecture, Linguistics, Fashion Design, Arts Administration, Communications Disorders and Sciences, Journalism, Interior Design, , Product Design, , Media Studies and Communications, Public Relations, Speech Pathology. The Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer (AAOT) degree is a state-approved associate degree that is intended to prepare students to transfer to public universities in Oregon. The AAOT is a block-transfer degree, which means a student with an AAOT will have met the lower-division general education requirements for baccalaureate degree programs at Oregon public universities. Students transferring with an AAOT degree will have junior standing for registration purposes only. Be part of what makes life meaningful—or help bring that meaning to a wider audience—through literature, arts, entertainment, mass media, or news. Whether you want to direct a film, join a theater group, write for an online publication, or paint your masterpiece, you begin by choosing our Arts & Communications Pathway. 

Career Path 

Graduate career path includes Public Relations Assistant, Social Media Coordinator, Marketing Assistant, Editorial Assistant, Content Writer or Copywriter, Broadcast Technician, Event Planning Assistant Customer Service Representative (Communications Focus), Radio or Podcast Production Assistant,Arts Administrator (Entry-Level), Community Outreach Coordinator, Fundraising Assistant, Speechwriting Assistant, Education Program Facilitator, Drama or Theater Assistant, Visual or Performing Arts Program Assistant, Digital Media Production Assistant, Advertising Sales Representative, Freelance Creative Professional.